Is my daughter really gay
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My main relate to is, she openly comes out
Inside:Is my teen daughter a lesbian? Maybe or maybe not, but here’s how to handle this sensitive teenage sexuality topic
This post was contributed by Jill Whitney, LMFT
So much about teen sexuality is different from what it was a couple decades ago.
Where once it was awkward, if not hazardous, to be anything other than straight, we now talk openly about a spectrum of orientations and genders. Sexual diversity has broken out of the closet—to the point where being LGBTQ is gentle of cool.
So don’t be surprised if your teen or even tween daughter announces at some show that she’s a womxn loving womxn. It’s more common than you might think these days.
But you may wonder whether your teen daughter is a lesbian for real, or whether it’s just a phase. Maybe she’s just experimenting; maybe she’ll flourish out of it. Or maybe not.
How do you know?
Acceptance Needs to Be Unconditional
Unfortunately, there’s no way to tell. Some girls who experiment with same-sex partners complete up happily straight. Other young women find they’re attracted only or primarily to women and explain as lesbian for their whole lives.
Parent Suspects That Child Might Be Gay
ANSWER:
Believe it or not, it’s a hopeful sign that your teen son has brought up the subject of homosexual attraction and homosexuality. Nothing is more important than open communication between parent and child — especially when it comes to sexuality and gender identity.
So you might want to try drawing your son out. You could demand, “What made you curious about this?”
If you attend carefully and respond wisely, he might share more of his thought processes. This can lead to a helpful discussion of the subject. It will also strengthen your bond — and a fine parent-child relationship is one of the best lines of defense against homosexuality.
Hear your child’s heart
Joe Dallas, an expert in field of same-sex attraction, says that there are three different ways the pos “homosexuality” is used:
- “Homosexuality” can be used to intend specifically homosexual behavior — in other words, sexual contact with a person of the same sex.
- The word is often used to describe a frame of mind when a person sees homosexuality as a primary identifying representative (usually accompanied by acceptance of homosexuality as entity normal and mor
Book Excerpt: Is Your Infant Gay?
Excerpted fromWhy Is the Penis Shaped Like That? … And Other Reflections on Being Human, by Jesse Bering, by arrangement with Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, LLC (North America), Transworld Ltd (UK), Jorge Zahara Editora Ltda (Brazil). Copyright © by Jesse Bering.
We all comprehend the stereotypes: an unusually light, delicate, effeminate atmosphere in a little boy's step, an interest in dolls, makeup, princesses and dresses, and a tough distaste for rough engage with other boys. In little girls, there is the outwardly boyish stance, perhaps a penchant for tools, a square-jawed readiness for physical tussles with boys, and an aversion to all the perfumed, delicate trappings of femininity.
These behavioral patterns are feared, loathed and often spoken of directly as harbingers of adult homosexuality. It is only relatively recently, however, that developmental scientists have conducted controlled studies to identify the earliest and most reliable signs of adult homosexuality. In looking carefully at the childhoods of gay adults, researchers are finding an intriguing set of behavioral indicators that homosexuals look to have in
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